Ethics(Quiz_2)

Question 1

___ is a calling that requires specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation.

Answer 1

profession

Question 2

___ is a set of principles designed to help professionals distinguish right from wrong in order to govern their decision-making.

Answer 2

professional code of ethics

Question 3

Often referred to as ____ these principles outline the mission and values of an organization, how the professionals within the organization are supposed to approach problems and the standards to which they are held.

Answer 3

ethical code

Question 4

[T/F] Ethical code is important because it is designed to ensure employees are behaving in a manner that is socially acceptable and respectful of one another

Answer 4

True

Question 5

[T/F] Ethical code is important because it establishes the rules for behavior and sends a message to every employee that universal compliance is expected

Answer 5

True

Question 6

[T/F] Ethical code sends a message to every employee that universal compliance is expected

Answer 6

True

Question 7

[T/F] Ethical code is important because it provides the groundwork for a preemptive warning if employees break the code

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Why is the Professional Code of Ethics important?

Answer 8

• designed to ensure employees are behaving in a manner that is socially acceptable and respectful of one another
• establishes the rules for behavior and sends a message to every employee that universal compliance is expected
• provides the groundwork for a preemptive warning if employees break the code

Question 9

Advantages of the Professional Code of Ethics

Answer 9

1. Ethical Decision Making
2. High Standards of Practice and Ethical Behavior
3. Trust and Respect from the General Public
4. Evaluation Benchmark

Question 10

Are IT Workers Professionals?

Answer 10

• Does it require special knowledge?
• What about the legal perspective?

Question 11

IT Professional Relationships: Setting and enforcing policies regarding the ethical use of IT, the potential for whistleblowing, and the safeguarding of trade secrets.

Answer 11

Employer

Question 12

IT Professional Relationships: Defining, sharing, and fulfilling each party’s responsibilities for successfully completing an IT project.

Answer 12

Client

Question 13

IT Professional Relationships: To develop good working relationships in which no action can be perceived as unethical.

Answer 13

Supplier

Question 14

IT Professional Relationships: To improve the profession through activities such as mentoring inexperienced colleagues and demonstrating professional loyalty.

Answer 14

Other IT

Question 15

IT Professional Relationships: Include software piracy, inappropriate use of IT resources, and inappropriate sharing of information.

Answer 15

IT Users

Question 16

IT Professional Relationships: The main challenge for IT workers is to practice the profession in ways that cause no harm to society and provide significant benefits.

Answer 16

Society

Question 17

[T/F] There is no universal code of ethics for IT workers.

Answer 17

True
(No one IT professional organization has emerged as preeminent, so there is no universal code of ethics for IT workers.)

Question 18

Four of the most prominent IT-related professional organizations are highlighted in the following sections.

Answer 18

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS) *
• Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
• SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute

In the Philippines, we have
* Philippine Computer Society (PCS)

Question 19

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is composed of 4 parts

Answer 19

1. General Ethical Principles
   Computing professionals are expected to prioritize societal and human well-being, avoiding harm while maintaining honesty, fairness, and respect for intellectual property, privacy, and confidentiality.
2. Professional Responsibilities
   Professionals must strive for excellence, maintain ethical standards, follow rules, engage in peer reviews, thoroughly assess system impacts, work within their expertise, raise public awareness about computing, access resources ethically, and ensure robust system security.
3. Professional Leadership Principles
   Leaders in computing must prioritize the public good, encourage social responsibility, manage resources effectively, support ethical policies, foster professional growth, handle system changes responsibly, and safeguard critical infrastructure.
4. Compliance with the Code
   Computing professionals should uphold and respect the ethical code, treating violations as incompatible with professional standards.

Question 20

Computer Special Case: Computers can be shaped and molded to perform any activity that can be characterized in terms of inputs, outputs and connecting logical operations.

Answer 20

Logical Malleability

Question 21

Computer Special Case: The extensive impact of computerization on society is clear. Naturally, in 1985, when Moor wrote his paper, relatively few could foresee the extent of that impact, nor did anyone envisage the Internet and the World Wide Web. Moor did, however, foresee the changing workplace, and the nature of work.

Answer 21

Impact on Society

Question 22

Computer Special Case: An important fact about computers is that most of the time, and under most conditions, computer operations are invisible.

Answer 22

Invisibility Factor

Question 23

What level of computer ethics is this:
This is the overall goal of what some call “pop” computer ethics. Newspapers, magazines and TV news programs have engaged increasingly in computer ethics of this sort. Every week, there are news stories about computer viruses, or software ownership law suits, or computer-aided bank robbery, or harmful computer malfunctions, or computerized weapons, etc. As the social impact of information technology grows, such articles will proliferate.

Answer 23

First level

Question 24

The first level of Computer ethics where the overall goal of what some call ____

Answer 24

pop computer ethics

Question 25

What level of computer ethics can be called “para” computer ethics. Someone who takes a special interest in computer ethics cases, collect examples, clarifies them, looks for similarities and differences, reads related works, attends relevant events, and so on, is learning “para” computer ethics.

Answer 25

Second level

Question 26

Second level of computer ethics can be called as ___

Answer 26

“para” computer ethics

Question 27

What level of computer ethics is called “theoretical” computer ethics, because it applies scholarly theories to computer ethics cases and concepts. Someone proficient in “theoretical” computer ethics would be able not only to identify, clarify, compare and contrast computer ethics cases; she or he could also apply theories and tools from philosophy, social science or law in order to deepen our understanding of the issues.

Answer 27

Third level

Question 28

The third level of computer ethics I call “_____because it applies scholarly theories to computer ethics cases and concepts.

Answer 28

theoretical” computer ethics